Hernial truss.



No. 648,334. Patented Apr. 24, I900.

A. P. BARLOW.

HERNIAL muss.

(Application filed Jan. 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

luon-tor attorney:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASI-IBEL P. BARLOVV, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN.

HERNIAL TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,33e, dated April 24, 1900. Application filed January 4, 1900. Serial No. 333. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ASHBEL P. HARLOW, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St. J oseph, in the county of'Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Trusses; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap holding them in their normal position. I attain these objects by theuseof a truss and abdominal support described and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the front side of a metallic plate with its appendages. Fig. 2 shows the 'back side of the truss coming next to thebody with its appendages. .Fig. 3 showsa section of one-half the belt that goes around the body with its appendages.

I will now proceed to explain the appendages of metallic plate, Fig. 1. A A are loops fastened at the right and left corners of the upper edge of the plate to allow-a strap or piece of wicking A to pass through, which is attached to the upper edge and at eitherend of the belt A which goes around the body to keep the truss at the right pressure to the body at the top edge. e B B areeyes or buckles attached to the right and left of loops A A a little below the top edge of the plate to attach side straps C O, which pass down over the truss and between the limbs of the patient and are attached to the belt at the back either by loops or buckles A as shown in Fig. 3. D D are eyes or buckles fastened near the lower edge of the plate'a little to the right and left of the center of the plate. E is a hook fastened at the center of the plate near the bottom to allow safety-strap F to pass un- It is also equally good for H H are projections either at the right or left side of wooden pads I I, which are fastened to the back side of metallic plate with wooden screws or other means. These projections extend out over Pouparts ligament and press down upon that ligament, thus pre- I venting the omentum and intestine from pass-. ing under that ligament and causing strangulation and often death or a surgical operation. The wooden padsI I are cutout, so as to fit the metallic plate, which mustfit the I abdomen of the patient which it is made for.

J J are concaved recesses carved out from the surface of each pad about one-quarter of an'inch deep and large enough to fasten knobs K'K K, which are made either of wood, rubher, or metallic substance large enough and shaped to suit the case treated. These knobs, which maybe two or three in number, as the case requires, are fastened to the wooden pads II by screws passing through the metallic plate into the knobs, which hold them intheir proper place, as the case may require. Two of the knobs are fastened in the concaved recesses. two and rests upon the adjacent walls of the carved surface. be carved out at the center, so as to rest easily upon the pubic bone, whichprevents the omentum and intestine from pressing out that Way. There is a second projection G at the bottom of the wooden pad, which is carved out to rest on the pubic bone, which efiectually prevents the passing of the omentum and intestine down into the scrotum.

L L are buckles and straps fastened at the end and at the lower edge of the'belt and are connected to hooks L L, which pass through eyes D D on truss, which help to hold the pads downwhen the belt is drawn tight around the body.

M M are buckles fastened just back of buckles L L, to. attach the safety-strap F,

5 which passes over the lower edge of the truss and under hook Eto keep itin position, thus 7 giving a twofold pressure of truss.

N N are eyes'fastened above buckles L L to engage the hooks L L of the straps A, IO which pass through the loops A A to hold which gives a third pressure, and by attach-v limbs of the wearer and engaging the belt at its rear, said latter straps engaging said bridges, substantially as and for the purpose -set forth. a

2. In a truss, the combination with a metallic plate, of pads secured thereto andprovided with knobs, said pads having lateral extensions at their lower outerfcorners and bridges at theirlower ends, a belt, straps connected to the belt and passing laterally about the body of the wearer and engaging a hook in the front side of the plate, and straps connected to the plate and passing between the limbs of thewearer and engaging the belt at I5 ing another compress Pon safety-strap at either. side of the hook E, I am enabled to give 'afourth pressure on'the truss or sup port at this p0int, 'which will effectually pre-Y vent the-omentuin orintestine from coming, 2 0 out. v p L Q denotes apair of suspenders forsupp'ort ing the'truss-fro'rn the shoulders.

its rear, said latter straps engaging said bridges, and said strapsbeing provided'with compresses,jsubstantially'as and for the purpose set forth." Y Y 3'. A'trussp'ad fOlll'lfed0l1 lfiS inner face with al recess'and provided witha lateral extension a and a downwardextension, the downward ex- "tension being formed withiatr'ansverse groove Having th usdescribed the invention ,'what v orrecess on its innerfaceand having-a bridge is claimed, and desired to be seouredibyzLetprojecting laterally from its I outer face,5and 'z 5:.ters- Patent is 1 7 V y p a knob-secured :within the recess of the pad, 1 1. Ina truss, the "cornbin'ationl with}a mea s'ubstantially'asandfor the-purpose setforth. -tallic plate, of pads seo'uredlthereto and pro-l yintestimonywhereof lihave hereunto. .set "f videdx withfknobs, saidpads having lateral my liand in presence of -t'wo subscribing wi't-' extensionsvattheirflower outercornersjand nessesfgfi 4: v o" bridges atth'eir lowerends, a belt, straps con fnected tof'the belt a-nd passing laterally about; 1 thebodyfof thefwearerjand engaging a hook "in thefront side of the plate, and strap'sconit 1 snectedto the nlate' and passing between: the 

